Maple Leaf Celine, mother of a teen Celine Dion has been at home in Quebec for a series of summer shows before returning to her Vegas residency in mid-September. It happens to be Pride in Montreal this week. To celebrate the occasion, Celine released a video to send her support. Translation: “Hi everyone! Wishing you an amazing By Lainey • Aug 12, 2016 02:46 pm
Will Simone Happen? (Name Nerd Olympic/Twitter Edition) Late last night or early this morning, I got a couple of tweets, (from Mindi and Frannie, respectively) asking me a very astute question and also providing a welcome respite from the ongoing ‘Delphi’ debate. Both wanted to know, after the incredible stories of gold By Duana • Aug 12, 2016 02:02 pm
Relationship Assumption Swoki OK! I f-cking love that this is how we determine celebrity relationship status these days. And it’s not new. Like not Instagram new. Because while I don’t use Facebook the status thing on Facebook has been an issue for years now, non? This seems very stressful for a single By Lainey • Aug 12, 2016 12:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews What does Charlize think? Charlize Theron and Matthew McConaughey have an animated movie coming out in a week or so called Kubo And The Two Strings. They cover the new issue of Parade and tell the magazine about mentoring youth through their respective foundations. It’s a good read about their work outside of By Lainey • Aug 12, 2016 12:20 pm
Gossip Nostalgia Step Up holds up 10 years later Step Up was released on August 11, 2006. Yesterday marked the dance movie’s 10-year anniversary. Does that make you feel as old as it makes me feel? In celebration of Step Up’s milestone, Mashable posted a mostly positive article called, “Happy 10th Anniversary to 'Step Up,' By Kathleen • Aug 12, 2016 11:55 am
Photo Assumption An award season film with Kristen Stewart …and Vin Diesel? Here’s Kristen Stewart yesterday in LA with Alicia Cargile. Pap photos are not necessarily reliable indicators of celebrity happiness but it’s hard to ignore the fact that Kristen has looked really, really happy this whole year through the pap lens. Kristen’s last film in theatres was Woody By Lainey • Aug 12, 2016 11:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Is Rogue One the next blockbuster disaster? It’s been a bad year for blockbusters. With but few exceptions—pretty much just Deadpool and Captain America: Civil War—blockbusters have disappointed and underperformed, with the carcasses of more than one disaster strewn behind summer’s unforgiving wake (see also: Warcraft, Independence Day: Resurgence). We’re about to By Sarah • Aug 12, 2016 10:46 am
Sports Intro for August 12, 2016 Dear Gossips, The women were expected to be glorious these Games. And they have been GLORIOUS. Penny Oleksiak won Canada’s first gold medal in Rio, tying for first in the 100m freestyle with Simone Manuel yesterday. It was Penny’s fourth medal at these Olympics and she’s now By Lainey • Aug 12, 2016 10:22 am
Amazingness Mimi & the Secretary-General RatPac Entertainment is a production company run by Brett Ratner and financed by James Packer, also known as Mimi’s fiancée. RatPac hosted an event in LA last night for Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations. Mimi showed up to support. In all leather, with the jacket zipped down By Lainey • Aug 11, 2016 03:15 pm
Sports Leslie Jones in Rio Leslie Jones has arrived in Rio. She started posting as soon as she got there this morning. NBC invited her earlier this week after she became an Olympic gold medallist tweeter at the start of the Games. As I noted a couple of days ago, we need let Leslie to By Lainey • Aug 11, 2016 02:40 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: An Olympics-inspired workout With the Olympics in full swing I am finding it hard to get anything done other than cheer on all of the amazing athletes competing for Olympic gold. I thought I would use this inspiration to share with you some Olympic-inspired workouts that you can add into your current fitness By Hayley • Aug 11, 2016 02:24 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, August 11, 2016 “Petite or thin”, what’s the difference? I love how no one just says “skinny” anymore. They want the lead to be skinny. Note the adjectives: pretty, sexy, attractive. So I’m sensing they are going for a look here. I'm still on the email list for casting By Maria • Aug 11, 2016 01:48 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Dakota’s black off-the-shoulder top This entire outfit is SO good. But especially this top. I’m all about the off-the-shoulder, of course, but it’s also the way it hangs to the waist, almost like a jacket. You could wear this top in place of a blazer. PS. These pants are PERFECT. By Lainey • Aug 11, 2016 01:26 pm
Maple Leaf Justin Bieber and Sofia Richie Justin Bieber and Sofia Richie have been spending a lot of time together. They were seen holding hands last week. And on Tuesday she was seen in pyjamas leaving his place in the morning. And yesterday they went for a hike and then flew out on a private jet together By Lainey • Aug 11, 2016 01:11 pm
Douchebags Boy Sh-t on Instagram The Rock called out Vin Diesel on Instagram earlier this week. Then they had a man summit on the set of Fast 8. Apparently nothing was resolved. And now both of them are trying to get their versions of the story out there so that we can all take sides. By Lainey • Aug 11, 2016 12:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews George & Amal’s summer fundraiser The Clooneys spent their summer at their estate in Lake Como. This week they hosted a Darfur fundraiser at a nearby villa. John Prendergast, George’s friend and philanthropic partner, and his wife Sia Sanneh were also there. As mentioned last year, Sia is also an esteemed lawyer specialising in By Lainey • Aug 11, 2016 12:24 pm
